Zak Smith
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| Born | July 16, 1976 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Cooper Union, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Yale University |
Zak Smith (born July 16, 1976), also known as Zak Sabbath, is an American artist.[1]
Early life and education
Smith was born in Syracuse, New York and grew up in Washington, D.C. After receiving a BFA from Cooper Union in 1998, he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine and went on to receive an MFA from Yale University in 2001.[2]
Smith's father is Jewish.[citation needed]
Career
Art
Public collections containing Smith's work include the Museum of Modern Art[3] and the Progressive Corporation.[citation needed] Zak Smith is represented by Fredericks & Freiser Gallery in New York City.[4]
Personal life
Smith lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York until October 2007, when he moved to Los Angeles. He has previously dated Varrick Robinson and was formerly in a long-term relationship with adult industry performer Mandy Morbid.[5] Smith describes himself as an anarchist.[6][7][8]
Bibliography
Art
- Zak Smith: Pictures of Girls (New York, NY: Distributed Art Publishers, 2005). ISBN 978-1-933045-22-1
- Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow (Graphic Representation oNovel/Illustration). (Portland, Or: Tin House Books, 2006). ISBN 0-9773127-9-8
- We Did Porn: Memoir and Drawings. (Portland, Or: Tin House Books, 2009). ISBN 978-0-9802436-8-0
- The Worst Breakfast (illustrator, with writer China Miéville, Akashic Books, 2016). ISBN 978-1-6177548-6-9
RPGs
- Vornheim: The Complete City Kit (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2011). ISBN 978-9-5259042-4-6
- A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2014). ISBN 978-9-5259046-0-4
- Death Frost Doom (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2014). ISBN 978-9-5259048-3-3
- Maze of the Blue Medusa (with Patrick Stuart, Satyr Press, 2016). ISBN 978-0-9832437-5-5
- Frostbitten & Mutilated (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2018). ISBN 978-9-5272380-2-8
References
- ^ Nina Karaicic (April 6, 2016) "Biography of Zak Smith" Widewalls. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Nina Karaicic (April 6, 2016) "Biography of Zak Smith" Widewalls. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ "The Collection | Zak Smith (American, born 1976)". MoMA. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ Featured Works Fredericks & Freiser Gallery Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Kimberly Kane (October 16, 2012). "Zak Loves Mandy". VICE. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ Emilie Trice (October 15, 2007). "Anarchy in the U.K." artnet.de. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
This month, the 31-year-old artist, anarchist and porn star has a solo show at Fred in London.
- ^ Zing Tsjeng (July 28, 2014). "Stoya selects Zak Smith". Dazed Digital. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
The self-described anarchist landed his monumental page-for-page artistic interpretation of Gravity's Rainbow in the Whitney Biennal at 28, then landed his first adult film role in Barbed Wire Kiss.
- ^ Hellings, David Paul. "An Interview with Zak S – SFFWorld". Retrieved March 1, 2019.
External links
- Zak Sabbath at IMDb
- Zak Sabbath, Internet Adult Film Database
- Zak Sabbath, Adult Film Database
- Zak Smith, BoardGameGeek, RPG Designer Database
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